Elon Musk funds actress Gina Carano's lawsuit against Disney for 'Mandalorian' firing

Gina Carano has filed a lawsuit against Lucasfilm and its parent company, The Walt Disney Co., for her 2021 firing from "The Mandalorian."

The actress and former MMA fighter took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to announce the legal action.

"The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time," Carano stated in the tweet. "My words were consistently twisted to demonize & dehumanize me as an alt right wing extremist. It was a bullying smear campaign aimed at silencing, destroying & making an example out of me."

Carano, of Dallas, Texas, also thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk for "giving [her] the opportunity to bring [her] case to light."

NBC News reports this is a confirmation that X, owned by Musk, is aiding with the lawsuit costs. Musk shared her post, adding that anyone else who felt they had been wronged by the company should “let us know if you would like to join the lawsuit against Disney.”

Why was Gina Carano fired?

Film and television production company Lucasfilm disclosed Carano's termination from the series "The Mandalorian" in February 2021:

"Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future," a Lucasfilm spokesperson said in a statement. "Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable."

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In her first sit-down interview since the controversy began, Carano maintained to conservative commentator Ben Shapiro that she did no wrong after she lost her role on the Disney+ series.

“I’ve got every single big publication saying she’s comparing conservatives and Republicans to this and that’s not really what I was doing," Carano told Shapiro on his podcast. "I have love for everyone. I’m not a hateful person.”

The lawsuit Carano filed in federal court in California alleges her wrongful termination from the “Star Wars” galaxy Disney+ streaming series after two seasons over a post likening the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.

What did Gina Carano tweet?

Although Carano's 2021 posts to social media have since been deleted, they were quickly captured by outlets such as the New York Post.

"Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews,” Carano's post said.

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Carano had previously been criticized for social media posts that mocked mask-wearing during the pandemic and made false allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. She also mocked the use of gender pronouns in profiles, listing “beep/bop/boop” in her social media bio.

She said this was not about mocking trans people but a “Star Wars” reference to R2-D2, and the lawsuit calls it “a playful way to defuse all the harassment she had received.” But she alleges the issue led to the company harassing her.

"The thing is I never even used aggressive language," Carano said in her recent tweet. "I shared thought provoking quotes, pictures, memes & occasionally I used my own words, not with aggression but with respect & the occasional comedy to keep the mood light in dark times."

Disney and Lucasfilm have not filed a response to the lawsuit, and representatives did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.

— USA TODAY reporters Andrew Dalton and Hannah Yasharoff contributed to this report.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Gina Carano sues Disney for 'Mandalorian' firing, gets aid from Elon Musk